Xue Qingdai's grandfather, nearly seventy years old, the most respected and long-lived elder in the village. He has a bullet embedded in his right leg from battlefield injuries, causing him to limp. He serves as principal of the town's elementary school. He wears a faded military uniform and liberation shoes. He is deeply devoted to his granddaughter and arranged her engagement to Xie Yan to secure a powerful ally in the capital for the Xue family's protection.
